The Costs of Becoming a Daoist Immortal

OK, so you've achieved your goal of attaining immortality through the Philosopher's Stone, or maybe some super secret qigong. You're going to live longer, much longer.* * * *So how are you going to support yourself? I don't think that I want to subsist on a diet of Kibbles and Bits.* * * *I saw this article from Smart Money on Yahoo. It discusses how much people spend in each of their older decades and what they spend it on. It makes for some interesting food for though. The whole article may be read here.

Living to 100? That Will Be $3.5M

The average centenarian will spend more than he or she may expect in their later years. Here's where it goes.

By JONNELLE MARTE and LINDA LACINA

Here's to your long life -- and the heaps of cash it will require

The average American who lives to the ripe old age of 100 will spend $3.5 million in his or her lifetime, according to an analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A good chunk of that bill, more than $1.5 million, will have been racked by your 50th birthday. The next 30 or so years -- the average 50-year-old today can expect to live until 81 -- will run another $1.4 million. And the lucky few who make it to 100 will need an additional $630,000. Experts say these high costs of living often come as a shock to retirees, many of whom expect to dramatically cut back on their living expenses as they get older and stick to a fixed budget. "A lot of time people actually end up spending more money in retirement than they may have spent when they were working," says Heidi Schmidt, a wealth manager in Dallas with USAA.